Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 3042

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3042. About the dragon

A custom familiar to him when he wants to call the Jews together and then together with them persecute the faithful, is that he seems to himself to depart toward old Jerusalem, which is a little to the left, quite far away, below. Then he says one thing, sometimes without any deceit, and thinks something else. By the inward parts of his nature or his thoughts, he speaks with the Jews, but by his speech, with someone else. This is the sign of his deceit, and whoever knows him knows this at once, both from his speaking, and from the place where he is.


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